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B

C

F

Robert Frazier, deputy sheriff

G

Harvey C. Green was sheriff of the county when Betzel was to be hanged, and it is said that the duty involved in this case affected him so much that he appointed Captain N. A. Smith, erstwhile resident, a deputy for a day, so he might “spring the trap.” Captain Smith had no feeling in the matter and performed the duty according to law.

H

Clint Henderson, Sheriff. The Cofer trial, 1928-1932, was held during his term in office. Cofer, with several accomplices, was tried for murdering a man named Truitt, who was in the employ of the United States as a prohibition officer. Cofer, with his family, lived in Yalobusha County, but plied his trade, bootlegging, all over the surrounding territory. He discerned or was told, that Truitt was “after him,” so he stepped up on the porch of the man’s home at night, called him out and shot him. Counsel was selected from the leading law firms of the state, and a hard fight on both sides was made. The first trial, lasting only a week, was a mistrial; the second trial brought a verdict of conviction, but on being carried to Supreme Court, was reversed. Then came the tug of war, or legal battle lasting three weeks, and finally ended with Cofer spending his remaining days at Parchman.